dreck

or drek

[drek]

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noun Slang.

excrement; dung.
worthless trash; junk.

Origin of dreck

1920–25; < Yiddish drek; cognate with German Dreck filth; compare Old English threax, Old Norse threkkr excrement

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Related Words for dreck

debris, scrap, trash, rubbish, excrement, soil, muck, mud, stain, ground, hogwash, rummage, junk, leavings, slop, swill, rubble, litter, dross, offal

Examples from the Web for dreck

Contemporary Examples of dreck

That makes you wonder how anyone got hired to write this dreck.
The Failure of ‘Sean Saves the World’ Is Epically Disappointing
Kevin Fallon
January 29, 2014
The website, edited by well-known islamophobe David Horowitz, is home to all sort of virulent anti-Muslim, anti-Palestinian dreck.
The Bigoted Attacks on Palestinian NFL Player Oday Aboushi
Yousef Munayyer
July 11, 2013
In a television season that has given us dreck like Zero Hour, Mob Doctor, and Do No Harm, Southland should be a hit.
‘Southland’: Television’s Most Underrated Drama
Jace Lacob
February 20, 2013
But we could toughen up—have a little higher standard of wit for ourselves and a greater willingness to discourage the dreck.
The Snark Hunter
The Daily Beast
January 8, 2009

British Dictionary definitions for dreck

dreck

noun

slang, mainly US rubbish; trash

Derived Formsdrecky, adjective

Word Origin for dreck

from Yiddish drek filth, dregs

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Word Origin and History for dreck

"filth, trash," 1922, from Yiddish drek (German dreck), from Middle High German drec, from Proto-Germanic *threkka (cf. Old English þreax "rubbish," Old Frisian threkk), perhaps connected to Greek skatos "dung," Latin stercus "excrement," from PIE root *(s)ker- "to cut" (see shear (v.)).